A compilation of various clips from the UPI and Warner Pathé newsreels regarding the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. This film was shown by the Oregon Magyar Baráti Közösség http://www.mbk.org in Portland, Oregon during the commemoration of the 50^th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archive Mashups

Producer: MBK
Production Company: Universal Studios & Warner Pathé News
Sponsor: MBK
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Language: English
Keywords: Hungary; Hungarian Revolution; 1956; Newsreels; Cold War
Contact Information: Magyar Baráti Közösség www.mbk.org

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Eva Vikstrom - - July 27, 2007
Subject: Hungary 50 Years Ago
This movie was produced by the "Hungarian Communion of Friends" in Portland, Oregon, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The compilation of clips from newsreels gives glimpses of these events. This is an interesting way of reusing newsreels, and many people have downloaded it - Hungarian refugees spread all over Western Europe and America.

Credits

All clips are from the following Prelinger archive newsreels:

• Freedom Road. Hungarian Patriots force Red Retreat, 1956/10/24


• War in Egypt. British and French Bomb Its Key Cities, 1956/11/01 (1956)


• The News Magazine of the Screen, (Vol. 7, Issue 4) (1956/12/00)


• The News Magazine of the Screen, (Vol. 7, Issue 5) (1957)


• Eisenhower Re-Elected, 1956/11/05 (1956)


• Walk Out. Hungarian puppets Quit UN Assembly, 1956/12/13 (1956)

Shotlist

<u>FREEDOM ROAD</u> Hungarian Patriots Force Red retreat
<u>HUNGARY FREE</u> But Faces Threat of New Red Invasion
RUSSIA CRUSHES HUNGARY!
THE FLIGHT FROM HUNGARY
<u>WORLD PROTEST</u> Mobs Riot Over Red Hungarian Slaughter
<u>WALK OUT</u> Hungarian Puppets Quit UN Assembly
San Francisco Hungarian Refugees